| Unit name | A Conversation? Artists and Writers in Britain and America c. 1789 - present |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HARTM0020 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Brockington |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This course focuses on the complex relationships that developed between art and literaure, and between artists and writers in Britain and America between about 1730 and the present day. From Hogarth's literary satire, thrugh the narrative painting of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to the typographical innovations of the Book Beautiful and the poetic experiments inspired by cubism and abstract expessionism, word and image have intersected, reinforcing one another, but also compteing for pre-eminence. The course emphasises the creative tension between freindship and rivalry, exchange and appropriation, the 'sister arts' and the drive toward aesthetic isolation. It examines successive theoretical attempts to reconcile or to differentiate between art forms, and it place these ideas in the context of the messier, but no less exhilarating, personal inteactions that shaped artistic and literary practice in the period.
5000-word essay
